Use of laser spallation to measure the adhesion of optical fiber coatings

The correlation between chemical effects of some typical optical fiber coating formulations and adhesion to glass was studied by the use of laser spallation. The technique was able to show verifiable differences between dissimilar materials and demonstrated a good correlation to adhesion values determined by mechanical peel testing, and to pullout values measured on coated optical fiber. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 93: 2459–2468, 2004